the theatrics of feminism

Exploring the dynamics of female playwrights in feminist theatre, and how the world has reacted. Inclusive of all female writers, feminist theory, writing inspiration, and more.

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Some new Happy Writer Bun for the writing lovelies out there. Keep writing! You can do it!

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The first episode of our series on Positive Female Characters features Sword & Sworcery’s the Scythian. Watch it now!

Full transcript available on FeministFrequency.com

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Our History: Feminist Symbols & Images - The Radical Notion

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A look at some of the most iconic feminist symbols and images.

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If you’re a feminist please re-post.

Feminism is a collection of movements and ideologies that share a common goal: to define, establish, and achieve equal political, economic, cultural, personal, and social rights for women. This includes seeking to establish equal opportunities for women in education and employment. A feminist advocates or supports the rights and equality of women.

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A yearlong research project, conducted by a Princeton economics student, both confirms and upends assumptions about bias in the playwriting business.

The piece (a college thesis from Princeton) that is being discussed in this New York Times article was a directly scholarly source for my research and provided hard, statistical proof of the fear that women often face in the work force. Despite the fact that theatre often comes with the stereotype of being “feminine”, it’s often found that men dominate more than a decent amount of the field and take their roles in furthering the problem of employment discrimination. Even some women who have worked their way up through the field have perpetuated discrimination due to the fear of competition or narrow-sighted goals, and this internal battle is ultimately allowing the rest of the world to treat females in theatre (particularly female playwrights) in such a way.

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"Creating Strong Women Characters" | Everyman Theatre's The World of the...

The inclusion of Everyman Theatre’s discussions of females’ roles in theatre had a significant impact on my progress of research due to the fact that this was a relatable application, something that I did not feel intellectually detached from just because I’m not at the direct center of activity in the discourse. The show Crimes of the Heart is a powerful piece about three women who stand together against stigma and face emotional turbulence in the midst of crime and abuse. Basing the discussion off this piece, I believe, set the stage (so to speak) for great things to come in relation to the women that are being portrayed on stage and how they reflect women in real life. 

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Marina & The Diamonds “Electra Heart”

"Through the others, we become ourselves"

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Oppression is cooking being “women’s work,” while the overwhelming majority of top restaurant chefs are male.

Oppression is fashion being a “silly girl thing,” while the top earning designers and CEOs in fashion are male.

Oppression is reducing women to consumers profiting a male system, even in fields that we supposedly dominate.

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Some people ask, ‘Why the word feminist? Why not just say you are a believer in human rights, or something like that?’ Because that would be dishonest. Feminism is, of course, part of human rights in general — but to choose to use the vague expression ‘human rights’ is to deny the specific and particular problem of gender. It would be a way of pretending that it was not women who have, for centuries, been excluded. It would be a way of denying that the problem of gender targets women. That the problem was not about being human, but specifically about being a female human. For centuries, the world divided human beings into two groups and then proceeded to exclude and oppress one group. It is only fair that the solution to the problem should acknowledge that.

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (via feminismandother-isms)

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ennio-morricone show this—a repeated experience had by one of the most fiscally successful woman directors in hollywood—to ur anon asking about the struggle women filmmakers have in the film industry

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Art for art’s sake is an empty phrase. Art for the sake of the true, art for the sake of the good and the beautiful, that is the faith I am searching for.

George Sand (via svaartpractice)

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“Screw writing “strong” women. Write interesting women. Write well-rounded women. Write complicated women. Write a woman who kicks ass, write a woman who cowers in a corner. Write a woman who’s desperate for a husband. Write a woman who doesn’t need a man. Write women who cry, women who rant, women who are shy, women who don’t take no shit, women who need validation and women who don’t care what anybody thinks. THEY ARE ALL OKAY, and all those things could exist in THE SAME WOMAN. Women shouldn’t be valued because we are strong, or kick-ass, but because we are people. So don’t focus on writing characters who are strong. Write characters who are people.” – Lori

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The Top 46 un- and under-produced contemporary plays by American female playwrights

In response to what has become known as “the pipeline conversation” - that is American Artistic Directors saying there is a lack of good plays by women. The Kilroys surveyed a ton of top-notch new play professionals for recommendations of un- and under-produced plays by women. Result? A vetted list of 46 excellent plays. A new list will be produced each year.